PERMFILE69367

• Permit No: M1980224
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Name: REGULAR 112 PERMIT APPICATION FORM
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building sites on each side of the street. Preparation of the
entire terraced area will begin upon completion of all mining,
with distribution of the over-burden in the stockpile area
(estimated to be 37,000 cu/yds). Next, the topsoil on the
north one-third of the topsoil storage area will be removed
and be distributed on a finished portion of the mine floor
area. Opening the north one-third of the storage area will
expose an estimated 45,000 cu/yds of over-burden for use in
regrading the balance of the terrace floor area to a depth of
1 to 3 ft.. The embankment created in the storage area will
be shaped to curve to the south a both ends in order to inter-
face with the finished embankment on the south and west bound-
ary of Area A, and the balance of the south and southwest
boundary of Area C. A total of 30 acres will be backfilled.
Distribution of over-burden by carry-all vehicles and dozer
and blade will compact the backfill as it is graded to the
desired 0.5%o grade. The final grade will assure drainage to
the north on the area facing the river and to the west along
the westerly boundary= the Cerrace.
An estimated~l5 000 cu/yds of topsoil will be preserved for
distribution on the - e terraced'area. Distribution of topsoil
over the entire area would be wasted in view of the reason-
ably certain immediate development of housing and a collector
street. Instead, we~propose to delete a beltway 250 ft. wide
the length of the terrace from immediate topsoil distribution.
The beltway would allow 50 ft. for the street right-of-way and
100 ft. on each side for housing construction. The acreage in-
volved totals 17.2 of the total 37 affected acres. Thus top-
soil would be distributed over all embankments and r.he backside
of all building lots. In view of previous phased reclamation
on most embankments during the course of mining, distribution
of -topsoil at a rate of 4 to 8 inches on some 10 or more acres
would reserve about one-half of the topsoil stockpile for future
distribution around homes and in commons areas.
In keeping with ~iLKB Regulations Rule 2:112(3}(a)(b}, we believe
housing development in the area is virtually assured in view of
the uniqueness of the area to be developed over-looking the
river valley. All utilities, including natural gas, are in
place adjacent to the boundaries of the property. Further, the
water well on the land, rated at 3000 gallons per hour, will
permit both domestic and irrigation uses. Therefore, we request
that the costs of grass seeding be computed on the basis of 20
acres rather than on all 37 affected acres.
Seedbed Preparation
Seedbed preparation on the terrace floor and remaining, embank-
ments would involve distribution of about 8,066 cu/yds of top-
soil ( about one-half of the total in storage) at the rate of
4 to 8 inches deep. Prior to distribution of topsoil, the em-
bankments would be scarified to a depth of 15 to 20 inches to
provide better cohesion between the topsoil and over-burden.